
Sam Seemes
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CEO of the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association. You can stand me up at the gates of hell, but I won't back down.
Joined September 2020
RT @ClemsonTrackXC: Clemson announced today that our men’s program will continue in full beyond the 2020-21 season!.
clemsontigers.com
Following months of discussion with student athletes, their representatives, families, supporters and others, Clemson University and the Department of Athletics announced today it will continue men’s...
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By eliminating men’s T&F and its educational opportunities for Black males, Clemson President & AD ensure there’ll be no “future Ralph Metcalf” coming out of their barely segregated athletic department & university.
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Metcalfe was a track star at Marquette back in the 1930s.
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RT @SaveClemsonXCTF: When you cut Clemson Track you lose legacy, unity, opportunities, and diversity. All of which the University works to….
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.@ClemsonDRad tells @SInow: "Football allows us to have these other sports.". He fails to tell @RossDellenger that FB allows him to have his job, his exuberant salary & benefits package. Outside of his own, he doesn't appear to believe in opportunities.
si.com
At Stanford and other schools, athletes of discontinued NCAA sports teams are pushing back—and raising money in the process.
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What is the purpose of This weekend saw 5 collegiate records set in T&F & 20 collegiate men run under 4 minutes in the mile, yet the sport doesn't get 1 mention on the website. The @NCAA should be supporting ALL of their student-athletes & sports.
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NCAA.com features live video, live scoring, rankings, news and statistics for all college sports across all divisions in the NCAA.
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So, @ClemsonUniv can pay two football coordinators a total of $4.16 million per year, but can’t afford to have a men’s T&F/XC team. I call BS. Clemson President & AD should be barred from the college educational system.
usatoday.com
Clemson's Tony Elliott ranks as the nation's highest-paid offensive coordinator, for now, and has been elevated to associate head coach.
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Clemson gets an A+ for being able to talk out of both sides of their mouth. I doubt Dr. King would believe you are honoring him by eliminating over 20% of educational & athletic opportunities for black males in your athletic department.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave our students hope and inspired them to dream. For his inestimable contributions to equality and justice, we will always honor him. #MLKDay.
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It refreshing to see that South Carolina’s elected officials, like @KimpsonForSC, are now questioning the decision by Clemson’s President to eliminate educational & athletic opportunities for male T&F athletes, that also eliminated over 20% of Clemson’s black male athletes.
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The best holiday gift male T&F/CC athletes at @ClemsonTigers & @CMUAthletics could receive would be to have their educational & athletic opportunities restored by the universities that took them away.
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You would think the federal government would shut off any federal funding to a university, like @ClemsonUniv, that eliminates educational opportunities for Black males. @SaveClemsonXCTF.
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Clemson President Jim Clements (@ClemsonPrez) oversees the elimination of educational & athletic opportunities for more than 20% of Black male athletes & then is awarded a 𝒏𝒆𝒘 contract by the Board of Trustees. How can the state of South Carolina let this go on? @KimpsonForSC
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Why has it become an acceptable practice to eliminate opportunities for student-athletes to make up for mismanagement by Athletic Directors & universities? This should be an unacceptable solution and the responsible people held accountable.
Cutting Men's XC/Track & Field should concern everyone. @ClemsonDRad is setting a dangerous tone for the rest of college athletics to follow. This goes beyond any rivalry. Thanks @GamecockTrack for your support. We wish we could say the same for @ClemsonPrez.#saveclemsonxctf
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In addition to eliminating academic & athletic opportunities for black males, apparently the white President & Athletic Director at Clemson don’t really care about women either if you listen to the video from female athletes at Clemson. #SaveClemsonXCTF.
.@ClemsonUniv the decision to cut the Men’s XC/Track & Field program cuts just as deep into the Women’s program. @ClemsonDRad is setting up to destroy XC/TF as we know it. Clemson family speak up! #MyBrothersKeeper #SaveClemsonXCTF. @ClemsonPrez @ClemsonTigers @ClemsonAlumni
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Student-Athlete Advisory Committees on each campus athletic department exist to be the voice of & to represent student-athletes. Why is the @ClemsonSAAC silent on lost opportunities for black male athletes? Have they been silenced?.
.@ClemsonUniv has a history of exploiting black labor for profit. The recent decision made by @ClemsonDRad @ClemsonTigers & @ClemsonPrez to cut men’s XC/Track & Field only aligns with this tradition, let us explain. stand with us go to
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